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Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

A British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. (Source)

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British author (1810-1865)

Born 29 September 1810
Died 12 November 1865

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  • Cover of: Cranford
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  • Cover of: The haunted house: The extra Christmas number of All the Year Round
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  • Cover of: Curious, if true: strange tales
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    First published in 1995 — 119 editions
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  • Cover of: Wives and daughters
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  • Cover of: North and South (Classics Illustrated)

    First published in 2017 — 97 editions
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    First published in 2004 — 62 editions
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  • Cover of: Sylvia's Lovers Illustrated

    First published in 2020 — 56 editions
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  • Cover of: Ruth: a novel
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    First published in 2020 — 36 editions
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    First published in 2018 — 34 editions
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    First published in 2021 — 30 editions
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  • Cover of: Cousin Phillis

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British author (1810-1865)

Born 29 September 1810
Died 12 November 1865

Subjects

British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), England, fiction, Fiction, Fiction, general, English literature, Social life and customs, Fiction, coming of age, Young women, fiction, Mothers and daughters, fiction, Women, Manners and customs, Social classes, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, short stories (single author), Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fathers and daughters, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Biography, English Novelists, Social conditions, Bronte, charlotte, 1816-1855, Children's fiction, Classic Literature, Correspondence, Paranormal fiction

Places

England, Manchester, Manchester (England), Toledo, Alabama, Angleterre, Louisiana, L’Abri, Northern England, Owl Creek Bridge, United States, Great Britain, Heaven, Italy, London, Valley of the Many-Colored Grass, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (England)

People

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810-1865), Charles Eliot Norton (1827-1908), Father Time, Armand Aubigny, Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), Désirée, Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865), La Blanche, Madame Valmont, Peyton Farquhar, Sandrine, Bront,̈ Charlotte (1816-1855), Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855), Eleonora, Ermengarde, Ethelred, Fortunato, John H. Watson, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Lysander Stark, Madeline Usher, Marianne Holland (1834-1920), Montresor

Time

19th century, 1861-65, 20th century, Antebellum era, 1861-1865, 1889, 18th century, American Civil War, Carnival, Civil War

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